Old Burying Grounds at St. John,
Fredericton and St Andrews
The Saint John Daily Sun of May 15, 1882
Author Unknown
In the Old Burying Ground at St. John we found a
monument erected to the Memory of Walter CHALONER, Esq. formerly Sheriff of
Newport, Rhode Island and latterly one of the Magistrates for County of Kings.
Another monument purports to have been erected to
the Memory of Mary BLISS w/o Jonathan BLISS, Esq. and daughter to the Hon. John
WORTHINGTON, Esq. of Springfield, Mass.
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This monument is erected
to the Memory of |
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the Hon. Ward CHIPMAN,
Esq. |
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who was born in the
Province of Massachusetts Bay |
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on 30th July 1754 and
died at Fredericton 9th February 1824. |
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He was a graduate of Harvard
University and |
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educated to the
profession of Law. Retaining his loyalty |
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to his Sovereign, he was
obliged to abandon his native land |
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on the Evacuation of
Boston in 1776. Having repaired to |
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England the Royal Bounty bestowed
on him a pension. |
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But a state of inactivity
being ill suited to his ardent mind, |
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in less than a year he
relinquished his pension and |
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rejoined the King’s
Troops in New York, where he was |
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employed in the Military Dept.
and in the practice of the |
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Court of Admiralty until
the peace of 1783. On the first |
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erection of this province
in 1784 he was appointed |
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Solicitor General, and
afterwards an advocate at the Bar |
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Member of the House of
Assembly, Member of H.M. Council |
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Judge of Supreme Court
and agent on part of H.M. |
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before several
commissions, President and Commander |
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in Chief during vacancy
in office of Lt. Gov. |
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Sacred to the Memory of
Hon. James PUTNAM, Esq. |
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appointed Member of H.M.
Council, and Justice of |
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Supreme Court on the
organization of the Gov't. |
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in this Province in 1784.
He had been for many years |
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before the American War a
Barrister at Law and last |
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Attorney General under H.M.
in late Province of |
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Massachusetts Bay. |
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He died 25th Oct. 1789,
age 64. |
Besides these, there is a handsome monument in the
new burying ground:
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Sacred to the Memory of
Amos BOTSFORD, Esq. |
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Born at Newton, Connecticut
30th January 1744. |
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He was appointed in 1782
by Sir Guy Carleton, |
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an agent for the
Loyalists who were then embarking |
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at New York to seek an
asylum in Nova Scotia |
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and arrived at Annapolis
with the first fleet in the |
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Autumn of that year. On
the Erection of the |
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Province he represented
Westmorland County |
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elected Speaker of the
first House of Assembly |
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in 1786 and afterwards
filled that office 27 years. |
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He died 14th Sept. 1812,
age 69. |
In the Burying Ground at Fredericton, are several
monuments to the Memory of Loyalists including: Hon. Jonathan BLISS, Samuel
Denny STREET, Esq., Lt. Col. Isaac ALLEN, the widow of Edward WINSLOW, Esq.,
formerly of Massachusetts and Capt. Peter CLEMENTS, King's late American
Regiment who died December 1833, age 93. Also the Hon. Jonathan ODELL M.A. born
25th Sept. 1737 and died 25th Nov. 1818. He was educated in profession of
Physic and Surgery. In 1767 ordained and appointed spiritual charge of
Burlington, New Jersey. In the American War of Independence he was persecuted,
proscribed and in 1776 driven out from his family and home. At the close of the
Rebellion he took refuge in the Mother Country. He was called to a seat in H.M.
Council in this province with the appointment of Secretary, Registrar of
Records and Clerk of the Council.
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Sacred to Memory of Hon.
John SAUNDERS, D.C.L. |
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Chief Justice of N.B. who
was born 1st June 1754 |
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in Princess Ann County,
Virginia and died 24th May 1834 |
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at Fredericton. On
commencement of hostilities, |
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relinquishing the
academic studies, he repaired to the |
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Royal Standard with a
troop of Dragoons raised at his |
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own expense. Being
subsequently transferred to the |
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Queens Rangers, he was twice
wounded and the |
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cavalry and flank
companies of the detachment |
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placed under his command.
At the war's conclusion, |
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he returned to the land
of his ancestors, entered |
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the Middle Temple and was
called in 1787 to the |
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English Bar. In 1790 he was
appointed a Judge of |
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the Supreme Court of New
Brunswick; In 1822 |
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elevated to Chief Justice
and President of H.M. Council. |
The principal men who founded St. Andrews went from
Boston and Falmouth of whom a number are named in the Massachusetts
proscription act of 1778. At St. Andrews closed the lives of PAGAN and WYER
both of Falmouth. In N.B. the first was a Member of House of Assembly and Chief
Justice of Common Pleas; the other was a sheriff, a judge, a deputy treasurer
and govt. agent.
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From:
Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 58 Number 1481
Date May 15, 1882
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Sun
PANB Newspaper Vital Stats
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